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known that i, Bon L. QUINN, a eiti"en rire United States of America, and a resident ai Oak Birk, county of Cook,v and State er'm'llincis, have invented certain nevi' are us iprovements in Pouitry-Feed ing inch the following is a' specp 11H13.

'Illia nr i relates to poultry cef-ips and incre iarly to tiiose adaptedjior confining 'aitry While fattening, and; aise vfnile at sale.

iierrm)feite7 me crates used for confining poiiitry while tening and when held in the market pen disposal have been of a substantially ry character respecting the trame aad tiocr construction. Such crates cannot cieaned or kept sanitary without handlingtiie whole crate, and s battery 'or stack cieaned Without taking the battery apart. Hence it occurs that cirat are requently permitted to become unsamt and. objet:m

r tionable, p articiilary in market places.

The mam objects. of theinvention are to' an improved form oi poultry crate ci more sanitary character than the crates commonly used heretofore; to provide a. remevalole rooster floor member of gridfiiite character adapted for ready Withdravv'ail se to `iacilitate frequent cleaning and theres?,-T to promote cccp sanitation; to provide suer. a erste ot simple and inexpensive but dura ble censtruction; `and to 6fkeravide crates of l apted for grouping eistacitiag in a. battent An, illustrative embodiment et the invention is strewn in the accompanying draw# iugm which v il rei a perspective view oa come siete crate with art of the -ront .broken away sofas te disclose certain details of construction.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an end or fragment ef ene et the slidaloly remcvalole iocr members, apart from the crate.

in tlie embodiment shawn in the drawings,

are arranged to project somewhat bevend frame la jtcp and ce nnen te ioctli corny ."lifiorecver, two adjacent front e ai eac oi? suela crates cannot be respectively and Wash the in any "f, J, es.

apart '5. members er siate il. ends i2 ci which.

l n 6) said rails i Cf. in order te hear 'apen the lcvver ce i 'is` als@ provided with a Slat or id. removalijy mene ce. ii compartment are removabie te iat era?. access., as understood in 'the sier. made for placing fraaist-iv pan in theloiver part the er the removabie roost, Said @aan res e bearing rails Z and is aisle reiner/alii sliding forward, in sulostaritiaiig tl manner as the roost members 9. The drip pens and roost ai ed in the crate merely by siidiiig t into 'place where ordina iv ther held by friction and gravity, anti further secured if desired by any meansLthough positive fas"v usualiy necessary or desiraioie. Whenever it is desired to clean the crate., it is only i A sary te Withdrawthe pans and roest provide may be ner that may be found convenient, and t rnay se sterilized if desiredy for by a. steam jet.

The compartments are prefiera a einem t" ci', e adapted tc accemmodate more te our birds eacli-a in order 'to ere se mote iai and te tce'rnueii aetivity l The crates are made in various si ing in capacity' from one te irlit reente, and crates of ggiveri s are .fi-i

and adapted for aseeiniiiiiw batteries of any to economies in spaceN the crates are capable e by removingf and cieaniA pans frequently, and eviti battery apart. When c. rate from one another, the tcp a preferably ils-ed as a door, `but iv bled in a battery, the side doers er be opened. Y

i Althcugli but one speciie eniitioc'iin this invention has beenlierein shaven an scribed, it will be understood that namereas details of tire cnnstractiou strewn rr i te .tie

tween said mils, and e removable roost com- Lewes@ prisingI a pair. 'of bem more wh series of slats secured ci'osswiae t encon with their ends pojecting sucently to resi: on said fails for supporting said roos, Said drip-pan and roost being suitably spaced apart by said. rails and being removable by sliding folwad, each independently ci@ the other.

Signed at hcmgo ighslJh my of @on 9 DGN L QUEEN. 

